refactor: more shuffling test infra around [ci skip]

tests/integration/core.sh

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 # before we make new releases. we try to make a balance between manual testing
 # and automated testing, i.e. we don't invest too much time in a fragile
 # automation that costs us more time to maintain and instead just do the test
-# manually. it is a balance which we figure out together.
+# manually (see `../manual/manual.md` for more). it is a balance which we
+# figure out together.
 
 set -ex
 

tests/manual/manual.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# manual test plan
+
+Best served after running `make int-core` which assures most core functionality
+is still working. These manual tests are for testing things that are hard to
+wire up for testing in an automated way.
+
+## recipe publish
+
+## automagic traefik deploy
+
+## deploy, upgrade, rollback
+
+## backup & restore
+
+## app manage commands